Malaysia vs Qatar: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Malaysia
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.9959 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.9567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0392 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 41st and Qatar ranks 40th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 3 and Qatar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6814 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1721 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 0.7589 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3825 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3764 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 0.8849 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.84 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0449 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9751 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1061 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Malaysia or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.9959 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.9567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Malaysia and Qatar?
- 0.0392 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Qatar?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Malaysia and Qatar rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Malaysia ranks 41st and Qatar ranks 40th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.